Patrick Slattery (1829 – 1915) (Reg. No. 2515)
By Irma Walter, 2022. Patrick Slattery was born in 1829 at Currow, in County Kerry, Ireland.[1] He was baptised on…
Category: Convict Histories
George Bliss (1843 – 1924) (Reg. No. 7344)
George Bliss was one of a large group of convicts sent to Western Australia convicted of setting fire to hay…
Charles Lyon, aka Lyons (c1816 – 1889) (Reg. No. 7473)
By Irma Walter, 2023. Charles Lyon was born to parents William and Mary Lyon and was christened on 20 October…
James Cuthbert (1824 – 1907) (Reg. No. 9422)
James Cuthbert was tried for the crimes of incest and assault in the Dundee Circuit Court of Scotland in April…
Ernest Vantell (1830 -1925) (Reg. No. 9601)
By Irma Walter, 2022. Ernest Vantell (alias Vintell, Vandill, Ventall, Vautell) is one of the more intriguing characters among the…
Henry Beard (1823 – 1887) (Reg. Nos. 4494 and 7604)
By Irma Walter, 2022. Henry Beard was born at Staffordshire in 1823 to Thomas, an ostler, and his wife Maria…
John Parsons (c1833 – ?) (Reg. No. 4390)
By Irma Walter, 2022. A copy of a petition was widely circulated in British newspapers in July 1868, pleading the…
Transported Twice – Joseph Rossiter (alias ‘George Seaman, George Henry Rossiter’) (1839 – 1896) (Reg. Nos. 4867 and 8978)
Joseph Rossiter was one of the more unusual characters transported to Western Australia during the convict era. He was the…
Henry Longman (1824 – 1914) (Reg. No. 1189)
Henry Longman was baptised on 8 April 1824 at Rimpton in Somerset, to parents George Longman and his wife Jane.[1]…
A Conviction of Sacrilege
By Irma Walter, 2021. William Messenger (c1840 – 1861) (Reg. No. 5136) On 22 July 1854 William Messenger, just 14…